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On July 03 2012 05:11 EdenPLusDucky wrote:
It should be in the email that you got from blizzard after you bought your copy of sc2.

On July 03 2012 05:21 skyR wrote:


Serial number is listed in your battle.net account.

On July 03 2012 11:15 myopia wrote:
Does installing XP Professional over XP Professional create the windows.old folder?


Googling this question gives both yes and no. I've never worked with XP before, so I need to be absolutely sure that my dad won't lose all his files by doing this.

On July 03 2012 12:34 mahnini wrote:

if this information is absolutely essential and can't be lost you should manually back it up anyway. also what do you mean install over? a fresh install will delete pretty much everything.

On July 03 2012 12:54 myopia wrote:


I can't/don't know how to back up from a broken computer. My dad's computer crashes on boot. 'Invalid boot.ini file' -> pick any boot option -> BSOD 'PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGE_REGISTER' or something like that. I tried the repair console from disc and it BSOD's from that as well. My last option is to reinstall windows, but if this was Vista/7, all the old files would be moved to 'windows.old' after reformatting. I don't know if XP does this as well. This is what I need to know for sure.

Because if XP does save everything to windows.old, like the newer windows, this is no big deal. If it clears everything, he'll probably want to take it to a repair shop to see if they can salvage the data.

On July 03 2012 13:02 mahnini wrote:

i'm unsure whether it automatically backs up files or not. you can find a linux livecd and backup data that way without risking data loss.

On July 04 2012 00:51 skyR wrote:


Sabertooth carries a five year warranty as opposed to the three of the P8P67-M Pro, has a Marvell and JMicron controller powering SATA and eSATA ports as opposed to just a Marvell, has an Intel NIC as opposed to Realtek, is ATX as opposed to mATX, has more phases, more USB ports, USB3 header, a productive covering, etc. Features don't come free...

Motherboard has no effect on streaming.

On July 04 2012 03:28 Omegalisk wrote:
Is the free version of XSplit any good? I wanted to record two or three videos for Youtube directly from my screen, but I don't want to pay for just those videos. Does the free version work well, and if not, do you guys have any suggestions for other software?

On July 04 2012 03:30 -iNko wrote:
Sorry i dont rly know what these features mean.. i dont really care about warranties or usb ports, all i want is the right socket and that it has sli and that i can overclock my gpu and cpu on it, thats basically all i want, no fancy stuff

If these motherboards dont have any effect on streaming or gaming, and they only differ by such features like usb ports, i think im going to buy the cheapest one (p867-m pro)

Unless i completely misunderstood ur reply ?

Anyways, thx for helping, much appreciated

On July 04 2012 03:30 -iNko wrote:


Sorry i dont rly know what these features mean.. i dont really care about warranties or usb ports, all i want is the right socket and that it has sli and that i can overclock my gpu and cpu on it, thats basically all i want, no fancy stuff

If these motherboards dont have any effect on streaming or gaming, and they only differ by such features like usb ports, i think im going to buy the cheapest one (p867-m pro)

Unless i completely misunderstood ur reply ?

Anyways, thx for helping, much appreciated

On July 04 2012 04:26 Alryk wrote:
Hey guys, what kind of settings can I get with a pentium G620 in starcraft 2? Primarily 1v1's, but things like monobattles wouldn't be ruled out.

Anandtech indicates 33FPS on ultra, but I think that's just average. I would mainly be looking for medium quality gaming (both GPU and CPU) at 1080P. I have the graphics handled, I'm just wondering, can the G620 handle that?